Dear Tony:
[My apologies for getting the names mixed up in my last message]
Thanks so much for the good advice.
The DVD drive mounts perfectly well: I can see the files in the drive. The CD cannot mount ("cannot read superblock") But is that because the CD (i.e. "cdrom") is actually a CD Recorder? Both CD and DVD play fine (audio and video). Perhaps I should just leave well enough alone?
Please see output of mount below:
[root@localhost sher]# mount /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder /dev/hdc: Input/output error mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only /dev/hdc: Input/output error mount: /dev/hdc: can't read superblock [root@localhost sher]# mount /dev/hdd /media/cdrom mount: block device /dev/hdd is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: /dev/hdd already mounted or /media/cdrom busy mount: according to mtab, /dev/hdd is already mounted on /media/cdrom [root@localhost sher]#
Should I consider the matter closed?
Benjamin